Mop-wringer.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC O. HART, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN W. HERRON, JR., OF SAME PLACE, AND IVILLIAM D. MCORAOKEN, OF

SANFORD, FLORIDA.

MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 653,450, dated July 10, 1900;

Application filed October 2, 1899. derial No. 732,282. (No model.)

To all whom it may curwern:

Be it known that I, IS AAO O. HART, a citizen of the United States,'and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mop-wringers. Its object is a wringer for mops which may be readily attached to a bucket, which wrings a mop thoroughly and is operated easily by the user. This object is attained by the means described in the annexed specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a mop-wringer embodying my invention in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the same attached to a bucket, the top of the bucket being shown broken off and in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of wringer in the open position.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, rollers A A have journal-pins a a a a secured to each of their ends, which are journaled to rotate freely in the frames B B, which consist of side bars I) b, at substantially a right angle to which project arms I) b b b at the forward and rear ends, respectively, of the frames. In the arms b b b b are journaled bearings for the pins a a a a, respectively. At the forward ends of the frames are perforated lugs 17 19 through which a pivot 0 passes into the bracket 0 to hinge the frames together, so that the rollers in the closed position are side by side and in opening swing outward in substantially the same plane. The bracket 0 is to rest upon the edge of a bucket D and has legs c' c to straddle it and a set-screw-c passing through the leg 0? to secure the bracket to the bucket firmly. The lug b has an upwardly-project ing lug b, which is perforated to pass the hooked end 6 of the handle E.

The hinged frames B B have broadened flattened backward-projecting arms b 11 which are curved outwardly at their ends.

In operation, the wringer having been attached to a bucket by means of a bracket 0, after the mop to be wrung is inserted between the rollers opened, as in Fig. 3, the user brings his knees.

the rollers together against the mop by pressing the flattened arms b 19 together between Then While holding the wringer and bucket down by pressing down with one hand on the handle E he draws the mop upward through the rollers with his free hand.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the rollers A A instead of having journal-pins secured to their ends have axles a a passing centrally through them, upon which they retate. The axles have lugs I) I9 secured to their forward ends, which are hinged together to the bracket 0 similarly to the lugs b b, and at the rear ends they have backward-projecting arms I) Z7 similar to the arms 19 b of the frames B B. The operation of the modification is the same as that before described.

What I claim isj" 1. In a mop-wringer the combinationof two rollers, means for supporting them hinged together at their forward ends to a bracket so that the rollers lie side by side in their closed position and swing apart in a common plane, backward-projecting arms at the rear ends of the rollers, and the bracket to be secured to a bucket, substantially as shown and described.

2. .In a mop-wringer the combination of two frames hinged together at their forward ends to a bracket and each having a backward-projecting arm, a roller having journal-pins at each end journaled in bearings in each of said frames so that the rollers lie adjacent to each other in the closed position and swing apart in substantially the same plane and the bracket to be secured to the edge of a bucket, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a mop-wringer the combination of two rollers, means for supporting them hinged together at their forward ends to a bracket so that the rollers are adjacent to each other in the closed position and open outward in substantially the same plane, a swinging handle secured at the forward end of the rollers,

backward-projecting arms at the rear of the Ward end, a pivot passing through the lugs of one of said frames and the bracket to be into a bracket, a roller having journal-pins secured to a bucket, substantially as shown m at each of its ends jonrnaled in bearings in and described. each of said frames so that the rollers lie adr 5 jacent to each other in the closed position and ISAAC UAR] open out in substantially the same plane, a Witnesses: backward-projecting arm at the rear of each J NO. W. HERRON, J r., fran'ie, a swinging handle secured to the front \VALTER F. MURRAY. 

